DepartmentLatin America
Figure series, women playing guitars
NameFigure
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 1/2 × 1 15/16 × 1 7/16 in. (11.5 × 5 × 3.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.777X
Object numberA.1981.38.777X
DescriptionMold made, faces pinched, hand-built, painted. Standing woman with bell-shaped long skirt, holds guitar. White skin, black hair in braids. Hat on head: blue, yellow gold, pink. Shirts: white, gold, two red. Striped skirt. Guitar: blue-green, white, two yellow. // $10 ea.
c. 1960